{"id":25327,"date":"2023-09-19T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahnawaz.as.uky.edu\/?page_id=25327"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:49:22","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shahnawaz.as.uky.edu\/index.php\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25327\" class=\"elementor elementor-25327\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b4ce33 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7b4ce33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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